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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

2,135 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 14 of 107

Furious Fires. Heavy Losses of Sheep. Auckland

The Bathurst Times · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 4

Destructive bush fires are raging at Gisborne, Hawkes Bay. One fire has a front of fifteen miles. The countryside has been completely…

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Wheat-Growing at Dubbo The Lesson of Fallow

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 1

The despatch of wheat from the Dubbo railway station is still proceeding briskly, and it will be sometime before the whole of the harvest…

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Furious Fries Sweep Dominion Country Side. Heavy Losses of Sheep. Auckland

National Advocate · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 1

Destructive bush fires are raging at Gisborne, Hawkes Bay. One fire has a front of 15 miles. The countryside has been completely…

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A Farmer's Revenge. Firing a Neighbor's Haystack. Wellington (N.z.)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

An extraordinary act of revenge occurred af Donnervirke, where a farmer named Kershaw set fire to a haystack, belonging to a neighbor named…

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Australia and Dry Farming. Suggested Concessions. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 3

The Premier yesterday, made available Mr. Nielsen's report on the result of his inquiries as Trade and Immigration Commissioner to the United States of…

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Butcher V. Farmer Claim for £15

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

At the Mudgee Small Debts Court, on Friday, before Mr. Arnott. P.M., Eugene Daly, sen., claimed from R. Endicott the sum of £12/15/10…

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Lazy Pig Farmers. Too Tired to Carry Feed

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 18 February 1913 · page 4

Giving evidence before Mr. Bavin, the Food Commissioner, the chief inspector of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, Mr. Ogilvy, said he thought that pig…

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Wellington Wheat Yield

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

The average yield of wheat per acre in the district around Wellington is estimated on reliable authority at from 15 to 16 bushels per acre About three months ago…

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A Damaged Potato Crop Action for Damages. a Case From Oberon

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

Before Acting-Judge Hamilton, at the Bathurst District Court yesterday, Elsie Alicia Maud Wall, of Oberon, proceeded against George…

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A Terror Arrested Five Years' Uninterrupted Operations. Farm-burning and Stock Killing. Paris

National Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 2

Chialali, a farmer, who has terrorised the Grasse district for the past five years, has been arrested. He is charged with 70 crimes, including the…

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"Wool Report."

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 12

The Australian, Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., Ltd., report on, February 11th, 1913:—Our concluding sale of the season took place…

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Commercial. WOOL

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 12

The Pastoral Finance Association, Ltd., report on 12th February. 1913: The catalogue brought forward for our closing sale of the weekly series…

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Australian and Canadian Wheat

Leader · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

London "Daily Mail," inveighing against the proposed food duties:— "In no distant time the United States will be a wheat-importing and…

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Poisonous Herbage. Mortality Amongst Sheep. Forbes

National Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 1

Recently, a number of sheep died on a holding in the district, apparently from poisoning, and Inspector Dowling, suspecting that they had eaten…

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'SUNSHINE.' What it Can Do. Example of Pallamallawa. 300 Bass of Wheat a Day

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 29

For some considerable time H. V. M'Kay (of Sunshine, Victoria, and George-street; West Sydney) has been investigating the proposition of…

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A Cosy Farm

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 19

On Saturday March 1, that well-kuown firm, Messrs. R. Jones and Co., will sell by public auction the beautiful cosy farm now owned by…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 11

The annual meeting of the above was held on Saturday. 8th instant, in the Globe sample room. Members present were: Messrs. L. M'Lachlan…

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Mr. M'Lean and Mr Fraser On the Dairying Industry, And P.L.L. Conference, (To the Editor)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 7

Sir:—I have read Mr. Fraser's letter and in view of the turn matters have taken, perhaps it would be advisable to publish through your…

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Mudgee Dairy Company A Defence. "Resident" Taken to Task (To the Editor.)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 22

Sir.—At the last meeting of Directors of the Mudgee Dairy Co., Ltd., it was thought advisable to correct certain mis-statements that appeared…

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Bathurst Farmers' Bureau Annual Meeting

National Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1913 · page 4

At the annual meeting of the Bathurst Farmers' Bureau, Mr. W. J. McPhillamy was unanimously elected president and honorary treasurer, and…

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